About
James M. O'Toole, University Historian
Representative Publications
The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America聽(2008)
Boston's Histories: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O'Connor, co-edited with David Quigley (2004)
Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920聽(2002)
Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944听(1992)
Understanding Archives and Manuscripts听(1990)
Education
- A.B., 涩里番下载
- A.M., College of William and Mary
- M.S., Simmons College
- Ph.D., 涩里番下载
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